When recreational gardeners create a flower garden, easy-care plants are at the top of the shopping list. This selection introduces you to species and varieties that combine undemanding frugality with lavish abundance of flowers.
What easy-care flowers are there for the garden?
Easy-care flowers for the garden include snowdrops, spring anemones, daffodils, tulips, dahlias, decorative baskets, zinnias, mallows and sweet peas. They offer a rich variety of flowers from spring to autumn and require little care.
Winter goodbye – signs of spring for the flower garden
Bulb flowers make your garden shine when perennials and ornamental shrubs are still dormant in winter. The following heralds of spring stretch their flowers towards the first rays of sunshine as if by magic:
- Snowdrops (Galanthus), essential classics with white flowers from February; 8 to 15 cm
- Spring anemone (Anemone blanda) and bushweed (Anemone nemorosa) from March to April; 15cm
- Snowgloss (Chionodoxa forbesii) white or blue flower bowls in March; 20 to 25 cm
Daffodils (Narcissus) and tulips (Tulipa) continue the flower festival from April. In summer they pass the floral scepter on to picturesque bulb flowers, such as lilies (Lilium) and Montbretia (Crocosmia masoniorum). If you plant the tubers of dahlias (Dahlia) in the ground in May, the exotic beauties will bathe the autumn garden in a bright sea of flowers.
Perennial summer bloomers with modest requirements
In the imaginative design plan for the flower garden, annual permanent bloomers should not be missing. The following flowers compensate for a lack of winter hardiness with a never-ending flowering period:
- Decorative basket (Cosmos bipinnatus 'Cosimo Red-White') with red-white flowers until autumn; 50 to 60 cm
- Zinnia (Zinnia elegans 'Canary Bird') shines with canary-yellow flowers that compete with the sun; 40 to 50 cm
- Mallow (Hibiscus trionum) delights with 5 cm large cup flowers from June to October; 70 to 90 cm
- Large-flowered girl's eye (Coreopsis grandiflora) easy-care flowers until October; 40 to 50 cm
- Scented stonewort (Lobularia maritima), the indispensable ground cover for sunny locations; 10 to 15 cm
Sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus) spread a romantic flair in the cottage garden throughout a wonderful summer. The historic vines stylishly green fences, pergolas and trellises with fragrant flowers until the first frost. If you want a colorful appearance, associate sweet peas and morning glories (Ipomoea purpurea), which climb lofty heights of up to 200 cm.
Tip
When hardy flowers retreat into the ground after the first frost, the hour of the magical Christmas rose arrives. The native perennial adorns the garden with creamy white cup flowers and evergreen leaves from November until well into spring.
